A battery-operated scrubber was determined to be cause of a Dale City apartment fire last evening, April 8. The fire displaced two adults and a child, a PWC fire official said.

VDOT reports that the northbound I-95 general purpose lanes will have lane closures, weather permitting, Friday night, April 5 and Saturday night, April 6 around mile marker 155between the Dale City Truck-Only Safety Rest Area North and Cardinal Drive for Powells Creek bridge work.

The public is invited to a May 6 memorial and tribute service starting at 7 p.m. – including a candlelight vigil - for fallen law enforcement officers who lived, or served, in Prince William County – at the Grace Life Community Church, 9560 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, VA.

Prince William County Police report that police officers found the bodies of two adult women inside the residence by police during a welfare check, both appearing to have been shot. Both victims were pronounced dead on the scene. A person of interest has been detained in Shenandoah County, according to a police report.

Join PW Master Gardeners on Satueday, March 30 for a program on starting and sharing plants.

PWC Police investigate two incidents March 26 that resulted in strangulation charges.

Prince William County fire and rescue units were dispatched to the 2000 block of Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge at 5:31 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, March 27, after a passerby reported a fire through the roof of an office building.

Prince William County's Assistant Fire Chief Matt Smolsky reports that units were dispatched to the 4500 block of Lawnvale Drive in Haymarket at 4:01 a.m. today, March 23, for a reported house fire. Crews arrived and upon investigation determined a previously discovered a bathroom ceiling fan fire had ignited material inside a wall.

Family members contact PW Police with concern over welfare of 30-year-old Woodbridge mother who had not picked up her child from daycare.

Prince William County is seeking input from community residents at April 10-11 meetings on proposed Indoor Sports & Events Center.

Prince William County Police Department crash investigators said their investigation revealed the driver of a 2016 Toyota Corolla was traveling southbound on Richmond Hwy. at a high rate of speed. At one point, the driver lost control, crossed over the median into the northbound lanes, and struck a 2023 Chrysler Pacifica.

Twenty people - five adults and 15 children - were displaced Friday when a house in the 6100 block of Oust Lane, Woodbridge, caught fire from a burning candle, according to Matt Smolsky, Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal for Prince William County Fire & Rescue. No one was injured.